Kenneth S. Reightler, Jr Five NASA astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut squeeze through the tunnel which connects the shirt-sleeve environment of the Space Shuttle Discovery and the SPACEHAB module.
KENNETH S. Born March 24, 1951, in Patuxent River, Maryland, but considers Virginia Beach, Virginia, to be his hometown.
In June 1981 Reightler was assigned to the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) as communications officer and carrier on-board delivery pilot, making two deployments to the Mediterranean Sea.
Kenneth S. Reightler, Sr., reside in Virginia Beach.
EXPERIENCE: Reightler graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1973, and was designated a naval aviator in August 1974 at Corpus Christi, Texas.
In June 1981 Reightler was assigned to the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) as communications officer and carrier on-board delivery pilot, making two deployments to the Mediterranean Sea.
Reightler, a Navy captain who graduated from Virginia Beach's Bayside High School in 1969, will help launch opening day of the Space Camp Exposition at Norfolk's Town Point Park today.
He graduated from Bayside High School in Virginia Beach in 1969; received a bachelor of science in aerospace engineering from the Naval Academy in 1973; and received a masters of science in aeronautical engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School and a masters in systems management from the University of Southern California in 1984.
Reightler was designated a naval aviator at NAS Corpus Christi, Texas, in 1973, and then served as Mission Commander and Patrol Plane Commander to VP-16 NAS Jacksonville, Florida.
Reightler graduated from the Naval Test Pilot School in 1978, and he served as a senior airborne systems instructor pilot and later as a chief flight instructor there until his selection by NASA..." [18APR2004]
After External Tank separation and main engine cutoff, a 2.5 min OMS burn was initiated at 7:52 am EST that circularized Discovery's orbit from a 40 by 190 nautical mile (74 by 352 km) orbit to 190 by 190 nautical miles (353 by 352 km).
Shortly after liftoff, pilot Kenneth S. Reightler Jr.
The problem was traced to the Headset Interface Unit (HIU) and that unit was swapped out with a flight spare.
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Reightler, a Navy Captain, had been serving as the chief of the space station branch of the Astronaut Office.
Reightler flew twice on the Shuttle: STS-48 in September 1991, deploying the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite, and STS-60 in February 1994, which was the first flight of the Wake Shield Facility.
Richards, also a Navy Captain, remains at NASA, moving from the Astronaut Office to the Space Shuttle Program Office to serve as mission director for the second servicing mission of the Hubble Space Telescope.
Just registered is a new JC Munk hybrid called Ken Reightler.
Ken is shown with Joyce Stenger holding the newly registered DAVS hybrid.
Ken is an active member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronauts, the Society of Experimental Test Pilots, the Association of Space Explorers, the National Contract Management Association, and the National Management Association.
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Middle row: Nancy Jan Davis, Gregory Jordan Harbaugh, Mae Carol Jemison, Kenneth Duane Bowersox and Bruce E. Melnick.
Front row: Mario J. Runco, Jr., Donald Ray McMonagle, Kenneth Stanley Reightler, Jr., Thomas Dale Akers and William Francis Readdy.
The 1987 patch is Shuttle-shaped and bears fifteen smaller stars, symbolizing the 15 candidates, who are aiming for the big star at the top (although the original artwork only has 14 small stars...) The 7 is somewhat shaped like the red NASA vector.
Cplt sheet of 50 with autographs of Kenneth D. Cameron(Commander), Stephen S. Oswald(Pilot) & Mission Specialists C. Michael Foale(#1), Kenneth D. Cockrell(#2) & Ellen Ochoa(#3), the crew of STS-56 Discovery (54th Shuttle Mission).
Cplt sheet of 40 with autographs of Charles Bolden, KennethReightler, N.Jan Davis, Ronald Sega, Franklin Chang-Diaz & Sergei Krikalev, the crew of STS-60.
Cplt sheet of 40 with autographs of Charles Bolden & KennethReightler, part of the crew of STS-60.
The crew of STS-60 includes five NASA astronauts and one Russian astronaut.
Commander: Charles Bolden (three flights already, including pilot of HST deployment and commander of ATLAS-1 Spacelab mission.) Pilot: KennethReightler (first flight) Mission Specialists: Franklin Chang-Diaz (three flights to date), Jan Davis (one flight), and Ron Sega (rookie).
Payload Specialist: Sergey Krikalyov, engineer-cosmonaut of NPO Energiya, the "last Soviet citizen" who was aboard Mir during the fall of the USSR.
Kenneth D. Cameron MS Linda M. Godwin MS Jerry L. Ross (STS-61B, 27) MS Jerome Apt
Kenneth D. Bowersox MS Bonnie J. Dunbar (STS-61A, 32) MS Ellen S. Baker (STS-34) MS Carl J. Meade (STS-38) PS Lawrence J. Delucas PS Eugene H. Trinh back-up ps Albert Sacco back-up ps Joseph M. Prahl nonflightps J. Finley
Kenneth D. Bowersox (STS-50) MS F. Story Musgrave (STS-6,51F,33,44) MS Claude Nicollier (ESA-Switserland, STS-46) MS Jeffrey A. Hoffman (STS-51D,35,46) MS Kathryn C. Thornton (STS-33,49) MS Thomas D. Akers (STS-41,49) altenate-eva, ms Gregory J. Harbaugh
It carried the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite into orbit.
Crew are J.O Creighton, KennethReightler, Sam Gemar, Jim Buchli, and Mark Brown.
Gemar is the first astronaut of the 1985 group to make a second flight; four of his classmates have yet to fly at all (mission specialists get more opportunities than pilots).
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News media representatives must be at the press site by 12 noon for transportation to the pad.
As part of their pre-launch training exercises, STS-60 commander Charles Bolden, pilot KennethReightler, and mission specialists Franklin Chang-Diaz, Jan Davis, Ronald Sega and Krikalev will receive instructions on emergency escape procedures to be used at the pad in the event of a contingency.
Thursday, KSC's launch team will begin the mock countdown which extends until 11 a.m.
Deployed ODERACS A-F, Bremsat, carried Wake Shield Facility.
After External Tank seperation and main engine cutoff, a 2.5 min OMS burn was initiated at 7:52am EST that circularized Discovery's orbit from a 40nm by 190nm orbit to 190nm by 190nm.